Axle-bearing.



T; V. BUCKWALTER. AXLB BEARING. lAPPLIGATION HL2-D AUG. s, 1910.

987,854. f Patenamar. 28, 19411'.v

WIT/VESSES:

V987,854. Patented Man, 1911.

Application nl ea August 9, 19,10. serial no. 576,344. To all whom it muy' concern: which are yoked. on the wheels, the latterv bev onl the axle,

'MACY V. BUCKWAILJTER, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA. ILE-BEARING.

Beit known that I, TRACY V. BUCKWAL- Tun, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Altoona, in the county o Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Axle-Bearings, of `which the ollowing is a specification.

'My improvements relate for trucks and they comprise a 'wheel housing for supporting a truck frame, an-axle journaled therein, and Wheels journaled on the axle, whereby Vthe axle is free to rotate, each of the whees has free rotary action l greater ease of curving is obtained. the friction is reduced to a minimum, the usual torsional eifect is obviated, the power required to propel the loadis reduced, and a compact,strong and eiiicient construction is provided.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a tie truck to whichmy. improvements are ap lied, Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken tllirough the axis of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation taken through the 'line 3-3 of Figs. 1. and 2.

The construction represented in the drawings comprises inverted U-shaped beams 1 forming the longitudinal sills of the truck; substantially U-shaped beams 2 with cover plates 3 riveted to fianges 2 thereof, forming holsters which are riveted to iianges 1 of the beams l; and wheel housings 4 upon which the beams'l are supported and held, the beams l having their flanges clamped between the housings 4 and the plates 5 by the bolts 6. The'housings 4 are provided with the `journal boxes 4, which contain the ends of the axles 7 and the anti-friction rollers 8 caring thereon, the ends of the boxes being closed by the caps 9. Wheels 10 are journaled on the axles 7, within the housings 4,

Copies of this patent .may be obtained for ve cents each, by

Speoi'cation of Letters' Patent.'

of Blair. and State to axle bearings ing hooded by the beams 1.

The loadv which-the truck is designed to carry rests onV the holsters and is transmtted therefi'om through the beams 1, housings 4, rollers 8, and axles 7 to the traction 4Wheels 10 which turn freely on the axles.

-Having described my invention, I'claim:

1. The combination of a housing having a journal box.'with an axle, anti-friction bearings through Which said' axle supports said box, and a Wheel journaled on said axle.

2. The combination of a truck frame, with an axle, rollers whereby said frame is supported on said axle, and Wheels journaled on said axle.

3. The combination of a frame comprising an inverted substantially U-shaped beam, a housinguponwhich said beam is supported, an axle journaled in said housing, and a wheel journaled on said axle.

4. The combination of an axle, a wheel journaled on said axle, a housing yoked on said wheel, and bearing means whereby said axle is journaled insaid housing.

5. The combination vof an axle, with a wheel journaled on said axle, a housing yoled on said wheel, vanti-liriction rollers whereby said axle is journaled in said housing, and a beam supported by said housing, said beam forming a hood for said wheel.

6: The combination of journal boxes, with an axle, anti-friction bearings through which said axle supports said boxes, and wheels journaled on said axle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my nume this fifth day of August, 1910, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

TRACY V. BUCKWALTER. l/Vitnessos:

ROBERT JAMES EARLEY, JOHN C. HOWARD.

addressing the Commissioner o1 Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

